OBOR presentation

2. Ancient Silk Route

3. BELT AND ROAD
• Silk road economic belt
(S.R.E.B)
➢Overland
• 21st century maritime silk road
(M.S.R)
➢Sea

4. Announced in the Year 2013-Xi Jinping

7. AIM
• Connectivity and cooperation
• People’s republic of china with eurasia
• Middle East, Africa, Europe
• Via landlocked central asian and littoral south
east asian nations

8. What it is made of ?
• Highways
• Overland rail routes
• Ports
• Gas pipelines
• Other Infrastructure

9. Trains already running from China
• Duisburg, Germany
• Madrid, Spain
• Tehran, Iran

10. Aims stated by China
• Historical heritage
• Cultural rejuvenation
• Trade and economic cooperation
• Standarized and linked trade facilities
• Financial Integration

11. Where will the money come from?
• Asian infrastructure investment bank-AIIB
• China Development bank-CDB
• Silk Road Fund-SRD
• Deals with partner nations

12. Why China needs OROB?
• ENERGY NEEDS
• REGIONAL DISPARITIES-SOUTH AND EASTERN
CHINA LAGGING BEHIND
• MANUFACTURING BOOM IS UNSUSTAINABLE
• INTEGRATION OF ECONOMY
• TAPPING INTO NEW AND UNDER DEVELOPED
REGIONS
• GLOBAL DOMINANCE

15. Advantages of joining OBOR
• Un-stoppable initiative of China
• Can be isolated in this region
• Win-win situation for India for connectivity of
the region & interest meet.
• Regional transport, energy security, and blue
economy are key to helpful for India
• Trade links

16. India’s objections/disadvantage
• Exact details are sketchy/not available
• Territorial integrity of India in Kashmir
• CPEC
• STRINGS OF PEARLS
• INDIAN OCEAN DOMINANCE
• GEO STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS

17. Country’s opposing
• India
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Vietnam
• Bhutan
• Sri lanka
• Indonesia
• Laos

18. What should India do to counter
OBOR?
• Project Mausam
Soft power diplomacy for connecting and
establish communication and cultural values
• (Strategic importance)
o Chabahar port
o Naval ports developing
• Alliances

19. CONCLUSION